"Compared to previous genetic manipulating technologies, CRISPR "is like going from using a Model T to a Lamborghini to do the same thing," says Alan Davidson (BSc '83, PhD '91), a Professor of Molecular Genetics who studies CRISPR in bacteria, as well as viruses' ability to circumvent its actions. "It's like a microwave instead of a campfire. CRISPR is not so much a eureka moment as a eureka technology.""

"What's special is that CAS9 is very precise, almost like a DNA surgeon. The revolution began when scientists figured out that the CRISPR system is programmable. You can just give it a copy of DNA you want to modify and put the system into a living cell. If the old techniques of genetic manipulation were like a map, CRISPR is like a GPS system."

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